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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Eaton, some kids will go to Hardy and some to Deal.  Kids with siblings at Deal will be able to get in and some OOB kids at Eaton, who are IB for Deal, will also take the opportunity to go to a better school.  It's terrible that friends will be split up like that.  The uniforms are just a symbol of that.  The two middle schools are not equal.  There are haves and have nots in this scenario.[/quote]

Oh please. Kids split up after elementary and go to different middle schools all the time. A large number will peel off for privates. Talk about haves and have-nots! The kids will be fine; it's the adults who are freaking out. The kids don't have to go to the same middle school to remain friends.[/quote]

So true.

Eaton parents, I can understand why you are upset.   But complaining about it here isn't going to help much.   You should work with your elected leaders to try to change this policy.   But if you cannot, you have three choices:

1.  Move
2.  Send your kid to private
3.  Send your kid to Hardy.

if you choose Hardy - and I hope you do - then you should know that your kids will be going to a perfectly good school.  Better than Deal in some ways (yes, its true), worse in others.  But nothing that can't be overcome by involved parents and - this is important - a good attitude.

If you are insisting that your child is going to be miserable about Hardy, your child will pick that up, and will in fact, be miserable.

If you go in with the attitude that Hardy is good, but not perfect - and where it is not perfect we'll work to make it better - your kid will have a great experience, learn a lot, and then go on to excel in high school and college.
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Can you be more specific about how it is better and how it is worse?[/quote]

Well, I'm sure you've heard plenty of rumors and stories about how it is worse, so I won't dwell on those.

How is it better?

- Smaller is better for some - the chance to get to know fellow students and teachers is important; their is some real value in the Principal knowing and taking an interest in every kid.  Not possible at Deal; but it happens at Hardy.
-  The SEM program at Hardy, which provides great opportunities outside the normal academic environment for high achieving kids.
- The presence of Sarah Bax, who runs the math program and is an award winner who is one of the best teachers in DCPS.
- The arts and music program - especially if you have an arts- or music-oriented kid that may be interested in going on to Ellington or getting involved in the Wilson arts or music  programs.
- The diversity of the school, which teaches kids how to work with and be friends with kids from all over the city, from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, and from all income groups - important lessons, and lessons that are much easier to learn in middle school than in high school, college, or later in life.
-  New honors or tracked classes - like Geometry - that are smaller than similar classes at Deal.[/quote]

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